On October 17, social media platform Parler — which is mostly associated with a right-wing user base — announced that Kanye “Ye” West would be purchasing the company. “In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial, we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves,” the “Flashing Lights” rapper said in a statement, via PR Newswire. The acquisition came on the heels of West getting barred from other social media networks. “When I got kicked off of Instagram and Twitter at the time, I knew it was time to acquire my own platform,” he told Bloomberg on October 17.
Although the purchase of Parler did not directly involve Candace Owens, it did involve her husband, George Farmer, who is the CEO of the company. Farmer believed West acquiring the social media network was a groundbreaking venture. “This deal will change the world, and change the way the world thinks about free speech,” he said while appearing on “Fox Business,” via the Daily Mail. Owens’ husband heralded the hip-hop producer as a champion of the First Amendment. “He’s obviously willing to have conversations that plenty of people want to have, and I think that he’s trying to engage in the free speech environment,” Farmer said about West.
Even though West — whose net worth is estimated at $1.8 billion — could afford the deal, some outlets were puzzled by the acquisition, per Slate. This led multiple fans to share a theory about how Owens was involved.
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